A City Railway
WHILE we are willing as a community to increase our national indebtedness to the extent of over £8,000,000 for the purpose of extending our railway system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1881
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 90
Wallerawang and Mudgee Railway
Tenders for No. 2 contract ob the railway from Wallerabang to Mudgee were opened yesterday, and that of Messrs. Fishburn and Morton for £463,973 accepted. The tendering was very close all round…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempts to Wreck a Train in Ireland. London, June 9
A special train conveying troops from Cork to the scene of the disturbances at Schull had a narrow escape from destruction. A number of peasants connected with the recent riots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Excursion Tram for Bathurst. BATHURST
The public meeting postponed from Friday last in consequence of the inclemency of the weather took place at the Town Hall test night. There was a good attendance. Dr. Spencer moved the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrumbidgee Railway
The works an the railway line from Narrandera to Hay are being pushed on with all possible despatch, and good progress is being made. It is the intention of the department to, it possible, open the line as far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident
It has been reported to the City Coroner that an aged woman, whose name is unknown, was knocked down by a train at Macdonaldtown station yesterday afternoon, about half-past 2 o'clock. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on the RAILWAY
Constable Warder reported to the Coroner yesterday that a woman, name unknown, was knocked down by the 2.30 p.m. down train from Sydney, close to the Macdonaldtown platform, and that she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempts to Wreck a Train in Ireland. London, June 9
A special train conveying troops from Cork to the scene of the disturbances at Schull had a narrow escape from destruction. A number of peasants connected with the recent riots…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →Railway to Circular Quay
A meeting, convened by circular signed by Mr. A. Stuart, M.P., and Alderman John Young, was held yesterday in the Chamber of Commerce, the attendance being as large as the room could hold, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident at Macdonaldtown
An inquest was held to-day at the coroner's court as to the cause of death of a women named [?] Reed, aged 64 years, a native of Kalso, in Ireland, the wife of William Reed, a blacksmith, residing at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railway Extension
Yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce, "to consiaer the propriety of urging upon the Government the early extension of the railway system to the Circular Quay, by a line along the eastern shore of Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Waverley Tram. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Now that so much has been done for the residents of Waverley in the way of establishing more regular means of communication with the city, it may, perhaps, see[?] unreasonable to continue our grumbling; but I think i shall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deputations. Railway to Bourke
A deputation, on Friday, waited on the Hon. Minister for Works io urge upon the Government the desirableness of immediately calling for tenders for the extension of the railway to Bourke, and also to…
Continued on Trove, page 957 →Great Northern Railway
On Friday a deputation, introduced by Messrs. Turner, M.L.A., and Cameron, M.L.A., and consisting of aldermen from the boroughs of Platteburg, Wallsend, Lambton, and Waratah, waited on the Hon. Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 957 →Woollahra Tramway. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,-- The letter of Mr. Durham, which appeared in your columns of the 4th instant, although correct as to the absurdity of the present charges--viz., a double fare from the end of the first section at Queen-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turning the First Sod of the Brisbane and Sandgate Railway, at Bowen Park
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Illustrations. Cutting the First Sod of the Brisbane and Sandgate Railway
THE cutting of the first sod of the Brisbane and Sandgate Railway was recently performed by the Queensland Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. H. Palmer, in the presence of a large assernblage, Bowen Park being the scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway to Cook's River
Mr. Terry, M.P., and Dr. Tucker waited on the Secretary for Works, last Monday, to inquire into the causes of the delay in the construction of the tramway to Cook's River For about a fortnight the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway to Bourke
A deputation consisting of Alderman Meolville, Mr. A. Bacher, and Dr. Brown, waited on the Secretary for Works last Friday, introduced by Mr.C. Cowper, to urge the desirability of at once…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →